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Has anyone found a low sugar/low fat natural yogurt. The zero or low fat options have 8-10% sugar and the lowest sugar I can find at 6% has 13% fat. I am trying to keep my fat intake down, as my cholesterol has risen slightly and the D Nurse wants to give me tablets to lower it, but I don't want...

I have some hard skin on the heels of my feet, this seems to build up every few years and my normal practice is to soak my feet and use a Scholls foot scraper to remove the hard skin. The skin is not cracked, broken, bleeding or has sores on it. I bought a battery operated foot care device which...

Early last Summer I was diagnosed with Diabetes 2 my HbA1c was 63 and I was prescribed Metformin 500g twice a day. I decided to cut out sugars/sweets/cakes, etc., and try to go as low carb as possible, with no bread, pasta, rice, etc. 12 weeks later (August) I had lost one and a half stone and...

I have downloaded this and my PC says it is 442 pages long. My old printer probably couldn't cope, plus the cost of paper and ink. Is this info available as a book, or leaflet that I could purchase ? There must be others in the same situation as me. @Administrator @Giverny

I was diagnosed Type 2 8 weeks ago and saw the Diabetes Nurse 6 weeks ago, when my numbers were 63-7.9%-10 . I saw her today and in 8 weeks I have lost 18 lbs by cutting down on fruit and carbs generally, my numbers today are 52-6.9% and she didn't know what the "10" from last time was, which...

Over what period are sugar levels important , is it by the minute, hour, day, week, etc. ? Can you have a bad morning, a good afternoon and be OK by evening, or does it take longer ? I appreciate the answers can be influenced by degrees of over/under, etc, but I am just looking for a general...

I am trying to download the free recipe books, but after completing the page where it wants some further details from me (I am logged in), it highlights "already registered" and nothing happens when I click on the download button. Are these only available to new members pre registration ? Or am...

I am recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes with IFCC 63, so hopefully not too bad. In the 8 weeks I have cut down carbohydrates (no bread/spuds/cake) and reduced my massive fruit intake (no tropical fruit), I have lost a noticeable amount of weight (still heavy). So things could be working I am...

I clocked into the Greetings section here on Tuesday and had my first appt with the Diabetes Nurse yesterday. I had copied the suggested questions I found on here and added a few of my own. The Nurse was very pleasant and obviously had a "script" for the session. I found out that my blood...

I was told 6 weeks ago by my GP after an MoT that I have high sugar or glucose levels levels (something should be 40 and mine was 80 ?). I have been prescribed Metformin, 1 per day for 5 days, now 2 per day. My first visit with the Diabetes Nurse is tomorrow and I have a laundry list of...